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<p>The annual sales limit was one of the limits on which the government consulted
and that we are considering in our response.</p><p>I am still committed to ensuring
that the regulatory framework for lotteries is appropriate and that both society lotteries
and the National Lottery are able to thrive.</p><p>My aim is to allow the society
lottery sector to continue to grow, while maintaining the balance between society
lotteries and the National Lottery.</p>

<p>The Government recognises the transformational impact that youth services can have,
especially for young people facing multiple barriers or disadvantage.</p><p>We are
working across Government and with young people to develop a new Youth Charter setting
out Government’s clear vision and offer for young people.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to
ensure the effectiveness of cross-departmental work to tackle the referral of children
and young people with (a) depression and (b) mental health issues.

<p>The Department for Education has a joint programme of work with the Department
of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Health Education England to deliver the
proposals set out in the green paper ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental
Health Provision’. This includes setting up and running Mental Health Support Teams
linked to groups of schools and colleges. The teams will be made up of additional,
trained, mental health workers, supervised by suitable NHS staff working closely with
other professionals such as educational psychologists, school nurses, counsellors
and social workers.</p><p>The first teams will be set up in 25 trailblazer areas this
year, which will be evaluated to inform the subsequent roll-out. The Department has
put in place a small regional implementation team to work alongside NHS England to
support delivery of the green paper commitments and lead and model effective partnership
working for education and health.</p><p>The Government is also taking action to support
specific vulnerable groups of children. In May 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission
began inspecting local areas on their effectiveness in fulfilling the new duties on
education, health and social care services to provide for children and young people
who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). All 152 local areas in
England will be inspected over a period of five years. The inspections are identifying
how effectively access to mental health provision is working as part of the SEND provision
locally.</p><p>The Department is also piloting new mental health assessments for looked-after
children to ensure young people are assessed at the right time to support more effective
access to mental health provision, with a focus on meeting their individual needs
as they enter care.</p>

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of
the potential merits of the recommendation by Historic Houses to reduce the income
tax rate on heritage maintenance funds from 45 per cent to 20 per cent.

The Government already supports historic buildings through a number of favourable
tax reliefs for Heritage Maintenance Funds. The Government received representations
from Historic Houses as part of a recent consultation on the taxation of trusts. The
Government is considering responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.
The Government makes tax announcements at fiscal events.

<p>Defra has not conducted an assessment of the percentage of respiratory inhalers
which are ultimately landfilled or incinerated.</p><p> </p><p>Waste holders act in
accordance with the waste hierarchy, so where waste does arise it is managed in the
most resource-efficient way possible. The reuse or recycling of waste is preferred
to energy recovery, through incineration for example, or disposal to landfill.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department
have been seconded away from their normal duties to work on the UK's withdrawal from
the EU; and what effect that secondment of staff has had on the effectiveness of his
Department.

<p>The department constantly reviews its capabilities and allocation of resources
in order to effectively deliver the government’s agenda. We have accelerated our plans,
and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit
implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery
across the whole of the government.</p><p>It is therefore only sensible that we make
use of the resources and expertise we have available to make sure that the UK is prepared
for all Brexit scenarios. This includes departments sharing staff and working together
on joint projects.</p><p>Internal transfers and loans are agreed locally, so the department
does not hold this information centrally.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to consult local authorities
on (a) improving the adequacy of secure overnight parking for lorries and (b) increasing
the number of rest facilities for lorry drivers.

<p>On the 24 July 2018 the Government issued a revised version of the National Planning
Policy Framework that now indicates that the need for sufficient overnight lorry parking
should be taken into account in planning policies and decisions. There are already
various positive market developments, with operators coming forward with plans for
new and expanded sites.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for a consultation
with local authorities, although the potential for further communications with local
authorities about lorry parking is under review.</p>

<p>The Government is working with the industry to ensure that the Trailblazer Apprenticeship
standard that has been developed for lorry drivers fully meets the needs of the sector.
The Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) is under review and we will
introduce changes when a legislative opportunity arises.</p><p> </p><p>Further measures
will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p>

<p>Women are well-represented in terms of overall apprenticeship starts. In the first
half of 2018/19, 47% of apprenticeship starts were by women, which is an increase
from 45.8% for the equivalent period in 2017/18.</p><p>However, we also want to make
sure that more women are able to access apprenticeships in traditionally male-dominated
fields as well as in fields that offer the highest returns. Starts by women in the
construction, planning and the built environment sector increased by 36.7% in the
first half of 2018/19, compared to the same period in 2017/18, from 790 starts to
1,080 starts.</p><p>Through the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network (ADCN),
we are championing gender representation in apprenticeships amongst employers in industries
where improvement is needed. This includes making sure that more women can access
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) apprenticeships and it is
encouraging to see the progress that is being made. For example, ADCN member GlaxoSmithKline
are well ahead of their aim to achieve 25% of women representation in their STEM apprenticeships.
Women now make up 47% of their UK intake. The ADCN has recently published an update
on its work which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802200/ADCN-Report-2019-LR-v2.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802200/ADCN-Report-2019-LR-v2.pdf</a>.</p><p>Furthermore,
we are working to raise awareness of apprenticeships and the benefits that they bring
to people of all backgrounds. Our ‘Fire It Up’ communication campaign seeks to change
the way that people think about apprenticeships and to demonstrate that they are an
aspirational choice for anyone. ‘Fire It Up’ advertising features apprentices from
a diverse range of backgrounds and showcases female apprentices in STEM occupations.</p>